Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Drawing Progress

I've made some progress after I transferred the graphite sketch I began on Drawing Day to some Stonehenge drawing paper. So I didn't come anywhere near completing a drawing on that day. But at least it got me started. I plan to take my time and color in many layers of different colors before I consider this done. This is a detail (about half) of the full image. The dancer's arm extends to the upper left hand corner all the way to her fingertips.

The great thing about working in colored pencils is basically no set up time is involved. I often don't paint because of the set up (and clean up) time. Also, you don't want to waste paint. It's a much bigger commitment. I suppose I should have both kinds of projects going and just assess which will fit my schedule at any given time.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Drawing Day



Today is drawing day. An artist group is trying to get everyone to put away what they are doing and draw. Then to upload their image on a blog and link to drawing day's page. I had a lot of yard work to do today and had a rather ambitious drawing idea which I didn't complete. This is just a small portion of a drawing I intend to complete in the future. At least I got a good start on this. I had a dancer friend pose for a variety of photos that I will make drawings and paintings from. This is just a detail of her face. I'll post some more as I get closer to completion.